TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-SEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1994 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME GAl GA2 lAl ILl IL2 IL3 KS1 KY1 LA1 MAl MD1 MD2 MIl M01 NE1 NJl OH1 OK1 PAl UB1 VAl WAl WA3 WA4 WA5 Wil WI2 MEAN PST-44D 4.5 3.4 6.6 5.9 7.1 4.3 5.7 7.4 4.6 5.9 5.8 6.7 5.8 7.3 5.7 4.6 6.5 4.6 7.0 6.5 4.7 6.2 5.5 6.3 5.8 6.7 6.7 5.8 * BRITTANY 4.7 3.6 5.6 6.0 6.5 5.2 5.8 7.8 4.9 5.8 5.7 6.5 6.0 6.9 5.5 5.2 6.3 4.5 5.3 6.3 4.7 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6.5 6.8 5.7 MB 64-93 4.0 3.7 5.9 6.5 5.7 3.8 5.7 7.3 5.2 6.5 5.7 5.3 6.0 7.1 5.4 6.1 6.5 4.8 5.9 6.1 4.3 5.9 5.9 5.9 4.0 6.7 6.8 5.7 PST-4VB ENDO. 3.5 1.7 6.6 6.5 5.7 3.3 6.3 8.0 5.0 6.3 5.9 5.6 6.7 7.1 5.2 6.7 7.0 4.3 5.4 6.6 4.3 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.0 7.1 7.3 5.7 * DISCOVERY 3.9 2.6 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.3 5.3 7.6 4.1 5.6 5.9 4.9 5.0 7.2 7.0 5.9 7.2 5.5 6.0 7.0 4.9 4.9 4.7 5.6 6.1 6.7 6.8 5.6 NJ F-93 4.1 3.5 6.2 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.5 7.2 4.7 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 7.2 5.0 7.0 6.2 4.1 5.9 5.7 4.5 5.9 5.2 5.4 4.7 6.9 6.8 5.6 MB 63-93 4.5 3.7 5.9 6.1 5.8 3.8 5.7 7.2 5.0 6.5 5.8 4.2 6.1 6.6 6.3 4.9 6.5 4.4 5.8 6.0 4.4 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.2 7.1 7.3 5.6 MB 61-93 4.2 3.6 6.3 6.4 6.3 4.5 5.7 7.3 4.5 6.0 5.4 5.6 5.7 6.9 5.6 4.8 6.2 4.6 5.7 6.3 4.5 5.6 5.3 5.8 5.0 6.6 6.9 5.6 PICK 4-91W 4.3 3.5 6.6 6.2 6.5 3.9 5.5 7.5 4.7 5.5 5.9 6.8 5.7 7.1 5.5 6.4 6.3 4.0 6.2 5.8 4.9 5.7 4.8 5.1 4.4 6.3 6.1 5.6 * TIFFANY 4.2 3.1 5.3 6.7 6.3 4.6 5.0 7.4 4.4 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.7 7.0 5.8 6.2 5.7 4.0 5.3 6.1 4.8 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.0 6.6 6.4 5.6 * SR 5100 4.3 4.2 6.5 6.2 6.2 5.1 5.2 7.3 5.1 5.7 6.0 6.7 5.3 7.1 4.8 3.1 6.0 4.6 5.6 6.0 4.5 5.6 5.6 4.4 5.5 6.6 6.4 5.5 * BRIDGEPORT 4.6 4.5 5.2 6.6 5.7 3.6 5.6 7.3 5.2 5.7 5.4 6.5 5.7 7.2 5.3 4.6 6.3 4.6 6.1 5.5 4.4 5.7 5.3 5.4 4.4 6.6 6.3 5.5 PRO 92/24 4.0 2.9 5.5 6.4 6.3 3.2 5.3 7.5 4.0 5.7 5.7 5.8 4.3 7.2 6.8 6.1 6.2 3.8 6.3 6.6 4.9 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.4 6.9 6.9 5.5 * TREAZURE (ZPS-MG) 4.3 3.6 5.9 6.7 6.3 1.7 5.6 7.3 4.6 5.7 5.4 6.3 6.0 7.0 5.6 6.3 6.0 4.1 6.1 5.8 4.6 6.1 5.1 5.1 5.2 6.2 6.0 5.5 * SHADEMASTER 11 3.1 1.6 6.3 6.0 6.2 4.3 5.9 7.5 4.8 6.0 5.6 5.3 6.8 7.4 5.6 5.9 6.5 3.8 5.5 6.5 3.9 6.3 4.6 4.6 5.1 6.8 6.8 5.5 * SEABREEZE 3.9 2.3 6.0 6.6 5.9 3.5 5.7 6.8 4.5 5.9 5.6 3.6 6.7 7.6 5.9 6.7 6.7 3.3 6.1 5.7 4.3 5.7 4.8 5.1 5.4 6.4 7.1 5.5 * RELIANT 11 3.3 3.1 5.5 5.9 6.0 2.5 5.3 7.7 4.0 5.8 5.2 5.7 4.8 7.0 6.3 5.3 7.2 5.0 5.8 6.6 4.4 4.6 5.4 5.0 5.9 6.7 6.8 5.4 MB 81-93 3.8 2.8 4.6 5.6 5.6 3.2 5.5 7.7 4.2 6.0 5.7 5.1 5.1 6.9 7.8 6.1 6.7 4.8 5.3 6.8 4.7 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.6 6.8 6.8 5.4 PRO 92/20 4.4 3.8 6.1 6.7 6.3 3.8 5.3 7.0 5.2 5.5 5.4 6.6 5.4 7.6 5.4 5.5 5.5 3.9 5.8 5.1 4.6 5.3 5.3 4.6 4.0 6.5 6.1 5.4 PST-4DT 3.3 1.6 6.2 7.1 5.7 3.7 6.0 7.9 4.2 5.7 5.4 4.3 6.7 7.1 5.6 5.9 6.5 4.3 5.1 5.8 3.8 5.3 5.7 5.2 4.9 6.7 6.9 5.4 * VICTORY (E) 4.4 3.7 5.4 6.7 6.2 4.4 5.6 7.0 4.7 5.0 5.6 6.2 5.6 6.9 5.8 6.3 5.2 4.1 6.1 5.5 4.7 5.5 5.1 3.7 4.2 6.4 6.3 5.4 MB 83-93 3.9 3.3 4.5 6.2 4.9 3.8 5.3 7.9 4.2 6.3 5.7 4.9 4.4 7.1 6.3 5.2 7.7 4.5 5.4 5.9 4.5 5.1 5.1 5.8 4.7 6.6 7.0 5.4 WX3-FF54 4.5 3.6 6.2 6.5 6.3 2.5 5.5 7.4 4.5 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.1 6.8 5.1 5.8 6.0 4.3 5.1 5.6 4.4 6.2 4.9 4.6 4.7 6.7 6.3 5.4 PST-4ST 4.1 1.6 6.1 6.9 6.2 4.7 4.9 7.7 4.9 5.9 5.6 5.0 6.4 7.0 5.8 3.0 6.7 4.0 4.6 6.5 4.1 6.1 5.0 4.4 4.9 6.8 6.8 5.4 MB 65-93 3.9 3.5 5.8 7.0 6.1 3.6 5.8 7.2 4.3 6.3 5.4 5.3 6.0 7.1 5.8 2.0 6.2 4.2 5.5 5.6 4.2 6.3 5.5 4.6 4.3 7.1 7.0 5.4 * JASPER (E) 4.3 2.0 6.4 5.5 5.5 2.7 5.8 7.5 4.1 5.8 5.4 5.3 6.0 7.3 6.3 7.0 6.5 4.2 4.7 6.0 4.1 5.1 5.4 4.9 4.8 6.4 6.4 5.4 WX3-FFG6 4.2 3.4 6.3 5.7 5.0 4.5 5.3 7.2 4.7 5.2 5.7 5.8 5.6 6.9 5.7 4.6 6.0 4.4 5.6 5.1 4.4 5.4 5.8 4.7 5.0 6.3 6.3 5.4 * NORDIC 4.0 3.1 4.6 6.2 5.3 1.9 5.5 6.9 4.3 5.6 5.6 5.2 4.9 7.1 7.0 6.4 7.3 4.0 5.3 6.9 4.8 4.5 4.8 5.1 4.5 6.7 7.0 5.4 * SHADOW (E) 4.1 3.2 5.7 6.2 4.8 5.3 5.5 6.8 4.5 6.1 5.6 5.8 5.2 7.0 5.0 5.7 6.2 3.6 5.9 5.5 4.2 5.5 5.8 4.1 4.0 6.6 6.3 5.3 * JAMESTOWN II 3.8 3.3 6.1 7.0 5.3 4.3 5.1 6.5 5.2 4.7 5.7 5.3 5.7 7.0 5.4 4.3 6.3 4.3 5.7 5.3 4.5 5.8 6.0 4.9 4.5 6.2 6.0 5.3 MB 82-93 3.7 3.3 5.0 6.3 4.9 2.9 5.1 7.6 4.9 5.9 5.6 4.8 5.1 6.8 4.9 4.7 7.2 4.4 5.1 6.3 4.4 5.6 4.7 5.6 5.3 6.8 7.0 5.3 * SR 3100 4.5 3.0 5.3 5.7 4.5 3.9 4.9 7.2 4.0 6.0 5.6 5.1 4.6 7.2 5.2 4.9 7.3 5.2 5.6 6.5 4.4 4.5 5.1 5.3 5.4 6.4 6.6 5.3 TMI-3CE 4.3 3.5 6.1 6.7 6.0 3.6 5.3 7.1 4.9 5.2 5.7 5.7 5.2 6.7 5.1 4.7 5.5 3.9 5.5 6.0 4.4 5.6 4.8 4.5 4.8 6.3 6.2 5.3 * BANNER II 4.0 3.3 5.9 6.6 5.3 4.0 5.2 7.0 5.1 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.7 6.8 5.4 5.3 6.5 4.4 5.1 5.3 4.6 5.1 4.7 4.4 4.2 6.3 6.0 5.3 * ECOSTAR 3.5 2.9 4.8 5.9 5.6 2.3 5.1 7.1 4.2 5.5 5.7 5.9 4.9 7.4 6.5 5.2 7.2 4.0 5.4 6.7 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.6 5.1 6.6 6.8 5.3 * BRIGADE 3.3 2.9 4.8 5.9 5.4 3.9 5.6 7.5 4.1 5.4 5.4 4.4 4.3 7.5 7.0 6.1 7.5 3.8 4.9 6.3 4.3 4.3 5.4 4.Q 4.9 6.6 6.7 5.3 ISI-FC-62 4.1 4.1 5.4 6.9 5.8 3.2 5.5 7.2 4.8 5.4 5.4 6.0 5.7 6.7 5.3 5.9 5.0 4.3 5.9 5.0 4.4 6.1 3.7 4.3 3.7 6.3 6.2 5.3 MB 66-93 3.9 3.1 5.8 6.3 6.2 4.9 5.4 6.6 4.6 6.1 5.3 4.6 5.4 7.0 6.0 4.6 5.5 3.7 5.6 5.0 4.1 6.0 5.1 3.7 3.5 6.9 6.9 5.3 * SPARTAN 4.2 3.3 4.8 5.8 5.7 4.2 5.2 7.3 4.1 5.8 5.7 5.1 4.8 7.0 5.9 4.0 7.8 3.0 5.4 6.5 4.3 4.8 4.1 4.3 5.4 6.6 6.6 5.2 ZPS-4BN 3.8 1.7 6.0 6.4 5.3 3.0 6.1 7.3 4.0 5.9 5.4 5.3 6.1 7.2 4.8 4.6 6.0 3.4 4.9 6.0 4.0 5.5 4.7 4.8 5.1 6.8 6.8 5.2 * AURORA W/ENDO. 4.3 2.6 4.5 6.0 5.5 2.6 5.2 7.3 3.9 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.6 7.1 5.9 5.3 7.3 3.9 5.5 6.3 5.2 4.6 5.0 4.5 5.6 6.6 6.3 5.2 * DARWIN 3.7 3.2 5.5 6.0 5.7 2.7 4.9 6.2 3.7 6.5 5.3 4.5 5.1 7.0 5.2 5.3 5.7 3.9 5.9 5.6 4.7 5.7 4.7 4.6 4.4 6.9 7.0 5.2 QUATRO (FO 143) 3.1 2.5 4.8 5.2 5.3 3.6 4.7 6.4 4.2 6.8 5.7 5.1 4.6 6.9 4.8 5.2 7.0 3.7 4.9 6.1 4.1 5.1 5.6 4.8 4.5 7.0 7.2 5.1 * SCALDIS 3.3 2.6 4.7 5.5 5.1 3.8 5.3 7.4 4.2 6.0 5.2 5.1 5.0 7.4 5.4 5.1 7.7 3.7 5.7 5.8 4.5 3.9 4.8 4.5 4.1 6.6 6.3 5.1 * ARUBA 3.6 1.8 6.3 5.9 6.0 3.3 5.3 6.4 4.4 4.7 5.1 4.5 6.3 6.6 5.6 5.3 6.7 3.3 5.3 4.6 4.0 5.6 4.9 5.0 5.1 6.1 5.8 5.1 * DAWSON 3.8 1.3 6.6 6.7 5.6 4.2 5.0 5.8 4.3 4.6 5.7 4.3 6.7 7.0 5.4 5.4 5.7 3.1 5.4 5.2 3.7 4.9 4.3 4.3 5.6 6.5 6.1 5.1 * FLYER 3.5 1.7 4.8 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.1 6.8 4.2 5.2 5.4 4.8 6.1 7.1 5.0 5.4 6.5 3.2 4.8 5.3 4.0 5.5 4.8 3.7 4.4 6.4 6.6 5.1 * JAMESTOWN 3.7 3.3 5.8 6.0 4.7 3.8 5.4 5.9 4.2 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.0 6.6 5.1 4.9 6.2 4.2 5.0 4.4 4.2 5.7 5.1 3.5 3.7 6.3 6.3 5.0 * RONDO 3.5 1.2 6.6 6.2 5.1 2.0 4.7 6.2 4.6 4.7 5.7 4.5 6.7 7.0 5.5 6.3 6.0 3.3 4.9 5.1 3.7 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.8 6.2 6.0 5.0 CAS-FR13 3.5 1.7 5.6 6.0 5.4 3.2 5.3 6.8 4.2 5.8 5.3 4.9 6.0 6.8 4.7 6.3 6.0 2.8 4.3 4.9 3.7 5.9 4.3 3.9 3.4 6.7 6.8 5.0 WVPB-STCR-101 2.9 1.6 5.7 5.9 4.4 3.8 5.1 6.5 4.4 5.3 5.4 4.5 5.2 6.4 5.0 5.2 6.5 3.7 3.7 4.9 4.0 5.6 5.6 5.3 4.0 6.8 6.8 5.0 * MEDINA 3.0 2.1 6.2 6.6 5.4 2.4 5.1 6.6 4.1 6.3 5.4 4.2 5.4 7.4 5.1 6.1 4.3 3.0 4.8 5.0 4.2 5.2 3.7 3.7 3.9 6.6 6.5 4.9 * PAMELA 2.9 2.1 4.2 6.2 4.7 1.9 4.6 6.6 4.1 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 7.2 5.5 5.6 6.7 3.5 5.3 5.6 4.1 3.7 5.0 4.1 5.3 6.4 6.2 4.9 * CASCADE 3.6 3.5 5.7 5.9 5.1 4.3 4.6 6.4 5.0 4.6 5.3 5.3 4.8 6.6 5.1 5.9 5.0 3.2 3.7 3.8 3.8 5.2 5.2 3.1 3.7 5.9 6.0 4.8 * MOLINDA 4.0 2.7 5.0 5.9 4.9 3.1 4.9 6.7 4.6 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.3 6.8 4.4 6.7 5.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 4.3 5.6 3.9 2.8 3.1 6.4 6.4 4.8 BAR FRR 4ZBD 2.6 1.8 5.6 5.8 4.4 3.0 5.3 7.0 4.2 6.3 5.1 3.2 5.4 7.1 5.0 5.1 6.2 2.6 3.1 4.8 3.6 5.5 4.9 4.0 3.7 6.9 7.0 4.8 BAR UR 204 3.3 1.4 5.4 5.7 5.2 5.1 5.0 6.5 3.9 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.3 6.4 4.8 5.1 5.8 3.5 4.3 4.4 3.7 5.0 4.5 3.1 3.7 6.3 6.4 4.8 * COMMON CREEPING 3.0 1.4 5.8 6.3 5.2 3.7 4.8 6.5 4.0 4.3 5.0 4.0 5.2 6.8 4.6 3.6 4.8 2.8 4.1 4.1 3.4 4.9 4.3 3.6 3.9 5.9 5.9 4.5 67135 2.1 1.1 2.9 3.7 5.5 2.4 3.8 4.9 3.8 3.6 5.0 2.1 4.4 5.9 3.3 4.3 4.7 2.8 1.7 3.4 3.3 3.1 5.6 3.3 3.3 4.7 4.7 3.7 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.6 1.0 1.0 1.3 3.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.9 0.6 1.3 0.8 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.2